Artefact 3000

What Artefact 3000 does

Artefact 3000 is a Paris-based creative advertising agency operating as Artefact S.A., a Société par Actions Simplifiée Unipersonnelle (SASU) founded in 1998 and headquartered at 19 Rue Pierre Sémard in the 9th arrondissement. The firm delivers end-to-end creative campaign services spanning film, social, print, digital, 360°, and generative AI formats for large French enterprises and international brands operating in France, including TotalEnergies, TikTok, eBay, Paris Aéroport (Groupe ADP), Accor, Kenzo, Direct Assurance, Franprix, and Klorane, alongside NGO and cause-marketing clients such as Greenpeace, Réseau Action Climat, and Sea Cleaners. Its portfolio exceeds 3,000 campaigns dating back to 2017, and it has secured awards including the 2025 'Élu Service Client de l'année' for Direct Assurance work.

The agency's go-to-market is enterprise field sales, with a dedicated new business channel ([email protected]) and a portfolio website serving as the primary top-of-funnel asset. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements, negotiated individually with each client, with no public pricing disclosed. The firm employs 51-100 staff and operates exclusively in Western Europe (France) without disclosed geographic expansion.

Artefact 3000 has built three proprietary AI-augmented creative products: FutureGuessR (2024), an immersive climate awareness game co-developed with Réseau Action Climat that uses AI to generate 360° landscapes from IPCC scenarios; Création IA (2025), an AI content production service for custom visuals at scale; and NaturIA, developed with fragrance house Robertet, which translates brand identity into olfactory compositions and produced the 'Essence of AI' signature fragrance. These tools sit atop third-party generative AI models and are positioned as creative differentiators within the agency's broader campaign delivery model rather than as standalone commercial products.

Name

Artefact 3000

Legal name

Artefact S.A.

Website

https://artefact3000.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Artefact 3000 is a Paris-based creative advertising agency founded in 1998 that designs and produces multi-format campaigns (film, social, digital, print, Gen AI) for major French enterprises including TotalEnergies, TikTok, eBay, and Paris Aéroport, with proprietary AI tools for content generation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Advertising Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (54181), Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Creative Concepting & Campaign Development (BPAFAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creative & Brand Campaign Development (BPAFAAAB), Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Creative advertising services
• Digital campaign production
• Brand strategy
• AI-powered content creation
• Integrated marketing communications

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Creative Services: Artefact 3000 generates revenue by providing creative advertising services including campaign development, film production, digital content, social media campaigns, and brand strategy for enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Artefact 3000 is a Paris-based creative advertising agency that designs and produces multi-format marketing campaigns for major French enterprises and brands. The agency delivers end-to-end campaign work spanning film, 360°, social media, print, digital, and generative AI content, supplemented by proprietary AI-driven creative tools (Création IA, FutureGuessR, NaturIA) used both for client campaigns and as standalone creative showcases.

Product overview

Artefact 3000 is a creative advertising agency offering campaign development across multiple formats (film, social, print, digital, Gen AI, 360). Their portfolio includes both client campaigns for major brands and proprietary AI-driven offerings: FutureGuessR (an immersive climate awareness game using AI-generated 360° landscapes), Création IA (AI-powered content creation service for unique visuals at scale), and Essence of AI (a fragrance created using the NaturIA AI tool in collaboration with Robertet).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Création IA AI-powered content creation service that produces unique, custom visuals and large-scale generative content for advertising campaigns. Targeted at enterprise brand clients seeking scalable AI-driven creative production.
• FutureGuessR An immersive climate awareness game that uses AI-generated 360° landscapes to project users into Earth in 2100 under worst-case IPCC scenarios, transforming climate science into playable visual experiences. Developed in partnership with Réseau Action Climat.
• Essence of AI A signature fragrance co-developed with Robertet using the NaturIA AI tool, translating Artefact 3000's brand identity into an olfactory experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3000+ campaigns completed
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Fédération Française des Dys (FFDYS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Association with FFDYS for the 'Bienvenue à Paris Aréoport' campaign that raised awareness about dyslexia by transforming 'Aéroport' to 'Aréoport' across Paris airports for National Dyslexia Day. This partnership demonstrates corporate social responsibility and accessibility awareness.
• Club Insep AlumniflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with Club Insep Alumni for the 'Cherche Sponsor' campaign at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, bringing together 8 French Olympic athletes (including 7 para-athletes) to raise awareness about loss of sponsors post-Paris 2024 and mobilize new sponsors for LA 2028.
• RobertetcoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with Robertet (parfumery house and natural ingredients reference) to develop NaturIA, an AI tool that creates fragrance compositions translating brand identity into olfactory experiences. Result was 'Essence of AI' perfume representing Artefact's signature identity.
• PangeaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPangea created the 3,375 m² 'fresque évolutive' (evolving mural) for Groupe ADP at Paris-Orly airport, which will be colored as the airport deploys its ecological actions towards 2025 carbon neutrality.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wieden+Kennedy: Long-established independent creative network (Portland HQ, London office) known for brand-building campaigns — a comparable independent global agency, though larger and more internationally diversified.
• TBWA\Paris: Paris creative office of the TBWA network (Omnicom), competing on French enterprise brand work with a global disruption-focused creative platform and international roll-out capacity.
• Havas Paris: Paris-headquartered legacy advertising network under Havas Group offering creative, media, and digital services to French enterprises — a broader incumbent competitor with significantly larger scale and global reach.
• Publicis Conseil: Lead French creative agency of the Publicis Groupe, serving many of the same French enterprise categories (banking, retail, consumer goods) — incumbents with integrated media-buying and data capabilities.
• DDB Paris: Paris creative office of the DDB Worldwide network (Omnicom) serving French and international brands — a larger incumbent with comparable brand-campaign mandates across CPG, retail, and services.

Direct peers

• Rosapark: Paris-based independent creative agency of similar scale, working on French enterprise brand campaigns across film, digital, and experiential — a close comparable on size, geography, and creative scope.
• 72andSunny: Independent creative agency operating across LA, Amsterdam, and APAC, with comparable integrated campaign capabilities for enterprise brands — a similarly positioned independent competitive peer.
• Fred & Farid: Paris-based creative agency group operating similarly across brand strategy, content production, and digital campaigns for premium French and international brands — comparable creative boutique model.
• BETC Paris: Paris-headquartered full-service creative agency with a comparable French blue-chip brand portfolio (e.g., Danone, Lacoste) and multi-format creative capabilities, making it the closest independent-scale peer in the French market.
• Anomaly: Independent creative agency with Paris presence competing on brand storytelling and integrated campaigns for enterprise clients — comparable positioning as a non-holding-company independent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/artefact3000
• Xx.com/artefact_3000
• YouTubeyoutube.com/artefact3000

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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